Tuesday, April 22, 2008

Jillian Baba, a traveling gallery revered by NY's hip and ava-g, selects Brooklyn for its celebratory, 100th exhibition featuring a local artist. Video candids of gallery goers reveal the true spirit of the event: Art for the spectator's ego. The art turns into a centerpiece for 8 viewers vying for camera time to discuss everything from the gallery's notorious founder, Jillian Baba, to the uber personal. Conflict arises when Jillian's arrival becomes the hot topic of camera conversation. Soon a debate emerges regarding the reason for her tardiness, revealing far too much about the personal motivations of these camera-crazed viewers. Will Jillian show or have the over zealous 8 been stood up?

Lauren Carbone, Facemask After a Breakup, 2008. Installation view.

Facemask after a Breakup

Editing Public Pain: A Formula for Determining the Number of Photographs allowed for Public Display by a Facemasker after a Breakup

Start with longest amount of time Facemasker has ever been in a relationship

EX: 730 days, 104 weeks, 24 months, 2 yrs.

Next determine most pragmatic unit for measuring a Heterosexual-love relationship - The week! (Remember to insert explanation of why a week is the most pragmatic unit for measuring a heterosexual-love relationship, as apposed to a day, month or year)

Establish first numbered unit using most pragmatic unit (wk) for measuring a heterosexual-love relationship and subtract from total number of days in 2 year period to get the new total of days in a two-year period

Combining Numbered Units in Two Year Period to find the Number of Units that will equate the number of photographs for Facemask After a Breakup:

Finding combination of numbered units, physically faithful and combination of numbered units, psychologically faithful, will leave the Non-Combinable numbered units.The Non- combinable numbered units are equal to the Actual Total Number of Days heterosexual-love relationship should have occurred and Jersey Number of Facemasker's ex.

The total of Numbered Units from each Combination of Numbered Units and Non-Combinable Numbered Units is the number of photographs for Facemask After a Breakup.

Directions:

1) Define and use the Total number of days Facemasker was physically faithful in heterosexual-love relationship. (Insert definition of faithful)

Next, starting with bottom numbered unit of Tier 1 and moving upward, add numbered units to equate total number of days, weeks, months, years Facemasker was physically faithful in heterosexual-love relationship

When numbered units from Tier 1 can no longer be plugged in to equate total number of days Facemasker was physically faithful in heterosexual-love relationship, start with bottom numbered unit of Tier 2, moving upward. When numbered units from Tier 2 can no longer be plugged in to equate total number of days Facemasker was physically faithful in heterosexual-love relationship, start with bottom numbered unit of Tier 3, moving upward.

2) Find total days facemasker was psychologically faithful in Hetero-love relationship by applying the same formula as above, however, dividing the total number of weeks facemasker was physically faithful in heterosexual-love relationship in half.

The remaining days from numbered units in two-year period will equate the actual total number of days heterosexual-love relationship should have occurred, as well as the jersey number of facemasker's ex.

Actual Total Number of Days Heterosexual-Love Relationship should have Occurred and Jersey Number of Facemasker's Ex:

34 = 34 days/ 4.85714286 wks/ 1.11706698 months/ 0.093088915 year

Total Number of Photographs allowed for Public Display by Facemasker after a Breakup to Express Pain through Separation = Total Number of Numbered Units in Application B:

10

Lauren Carbone is from Southern California. She has been a competitive figure skater, a Sorority sister, an Art teacher, an NFL cheerleader, a wood shop technician, and an assistant to the director of Trade at the New York Mercantile Exchange. Lauren earned her M.F.A. in Sculpture and New Media at Tyler School of Art, Temple University in Philadelphia, and also studied at the Rome campus. She has a B.A. in Art Studio from the University of California, Davis.

Lauren will be in a group show at the Collision Machine in Brooklyn on April 26th. Recent solo exhibitions include Jillian Baba, Jillian Baba Gallery in Brooklyn, NY and Success, The Barber Shop Gallery in Philadelphia, PA. She currently lives at Envirolution headquarters on the Lower East Side and dreams of one day designing and producing her own lingerie line from recycled clothing.

The Laundromat is grateful to Alex Gamboa, of Envirolution for their support of this exhibition. To find out more about Envirolution's efforts to promote environmental sustainability visit: www.envirolution.org